Saturday, April 23, 2022 On Saturday, April 23, 2022, Campus Safety was called for a medical assist in the Jackson Campus Center, Dining service for an employee that burned their hand. Saturday, April 23, 2022 On Saturday, April 23, 2022, Campus Safety and the SPPD responded to an underaged intoxicated non-student outside of Uhler Hall. Sunday, April 24, 2022 On Sunday, April 24, 2022, Campus … Continue reading Campus Safety Report (4/29/22)
Emily Seppelt – Lead Copy Editor The annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference took place this week at 10 a.m. in Christ Chapel on Wednesday, April 27. This year’s conference was titled “Growing Peacebuilders” and featured the co-founders of the non-profit organization Ceeds of Peace, Dr. Maya Soetoro and Dr. Kerrie Urosevich ‘93, as keynote speakers. The conference was also live-streamed and can be found on the Gustavus … Continue reading MAYDAY! returns: growing peacebuilders
Carter Brown – Staff Writer On Tuesday, April 26, the sixth annual Matthias Wahlstrom lecture was held in Beck 101 at 4:30 PM. This was the first lecture held in two years, as the previous two lectures for 2021 and 2020 were canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The speech is given by a Gustavus facility member on the topic of liberal arts in the 21st century, … Continue reading Challenging the ‘center’ of liberal arts education
Colin Maiwurm – Staff Writer On the 22nd of April, Gustavus’s annual Relay for Life event took place. Unlike the past few years, this year’s event was able to proceed without COVID affecting it majorly. This event was a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society which is centered around bringing awareness to cancer. Between twenty to thirty organizations were present that were involved from campus. Relay … Continue reading Relay for Life raises awareness for cancer
Emma Esteb – Staff Writer The Diversity Leadership Council dedicated their week (April 18–26) toward their mission of creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable campus community. Every day of the week an event was held by an organization that is part of the Diversity Leadership Council and ended with the Diversity Ball. The main goal of this past week was “to get visibility of the student … Continue reading A time to remember
Leah Thompson – Staff Writer This week’s Gustie of the Week is none other than Junior Geena Zebrasky who is double majoring in both biology and geography. Zebrasky is from Columbus, MN, a small town near Forest Lake, and has been a lifelong lover of plants and insects. When asked, “Why Gustavus?” they revealed that they had come here by accident and had actually applied after … Continue reading GUSTIE of the WEEK: Geena Zebrasky
Emma Kelsey – Staff Writer The Lyrical Cafe is a unique program here at Gustavus and offers Gusties with an array of opportunities. Created in Spring 2021 by Kareem Watts, Assistant Director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence, Lyrical Cafe is a platform all students on campus, especially students of color and other marginalized groups, are encouraged to participate in. It is a way for students … Continue reading Gusties go hard for the Lyrical Cafe
Mirror Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever you see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful— The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long I think it … Continue reading National Poetry Month
Jonas Doerr – Staff Writer I see it everyday. Students walking past, head down, backpack on their backs, and avoiding all eye contact. One tries to greet them with a friendly smile, but they avoid eye contact like they’re looking at Medusa. They slowly trudge past and eventually arrive at their destination. Perhaps there they perk up a bit. But it’s too late then! After all, … Continue reading Gusties should be skipping (to) classes
David Eide – Staff Writer I’ve recently been thinking a lot more about the city in which we currently reside. I confess that in my first two years at Gustavus I very rarely ventured into St. Peter, preferring instead to mostly stay on campus. As a consequence of this I thought of St. Peter as kind of a separate world that I wasn’t really a part of. … Continue reading Our superb St. Peter
